Shipping-package.



FTNTED N0?, 12, 1907.

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SEIPPN wlmzssas f7? 5 l 9 if ATTORNEY CHARLES o. WATSON, OF MOUNT MORRIS, MroHiGAN. v

SHIPPING-PACKAGE.

Specieation of Letters Patent.

Patented'Nov. 12, 1907.

Application filed May l0. 1906. Serial No` 316.092.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES G. WATSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Morris, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Shipping- Packagesg and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper tains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to metallic shipping receptac les, and more particularly to that class known as knockdown shipping cans.

Heretoore, manufacturers of bakery products, as crackers, cakes and the like, as well as manufacturers of grocers goods as sugar, fiour or whatnot, have been accustomed to forwarding these goods to the dealer in metallic shipping. cases which cannot be knocked down, or in wooden barrels, kegs and other like receptacles, for which an eXtIacharge is made, the dealer being icredited with the amount of such charge upon the return oi the receptaclesto.themanufacturers Obviously, the receptacles when constructed of wood very soon require repairs;4 and in any event do not long withstand the rough handling to which they are subjected during shipment. Furthermore, in returning the empties to the owner, considerable space is occupied, resulting in expense. i

One object, therefore, of my invention is the provision of a receptacle which cap/be knocked down to oci cupy a small space during shipment.

Another Object is the provision of a strong, safe receptacle capable of withstanding injury.

Other objects are the provision of a receptacle which can be easily and cheaply manufactured and which can be quickly knocked down for shipment and reassembled'or set up to receive the desired commodity.

li/Iy4 invention also consists in a novel means for fastening and retaining the heads or covers in position as well as in other features and combinations of parts such as will be more fully set forth hereinafter and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

1n the accompanying drawings, wherein I have illustrated certain embodiments of my invention, Figure 1 is a top plan view of one form of my invention', Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the parts in assembled position, Fig. 3 is a horizontal crosssectionalview taken on line B B of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction in which the arrows point. Fig. 4 is a detail cross sectional view on an enlarged scale, showing one means for securing the head or cover to the bodyof the receptacle, Fig. 4 is a similar` viewA taken on the line A A of Fig. 4, Fig. 5 is a detail view in cross4 section showing the seam in the body portion of the receptacle provided with packing to render the receptacle water-tight, Fig. 6 is a detail view in cross section showing one means for connecting the opposing edges of the body portion of a recpptacle, Fig. 61L is a detail side view of the same, Fig. 7v is a detail View `in cross section illustrating another method ofl securing the head or cover to the body p ortion of the receptacle, and Fig. 8 is a similar view taken on the line C C of Fig. 7.

My invention comprises essentially a body portion 5 which is preferably constructed of a single piece 'of sheet or other metal bent into cylindrical form vand having its meeting edges secured together by means which easily admit of the disassembling of the receptacle, and heads or covers 4 4 located at and removablysecuredto the opposite ends of the body portion to form a barrel, Cask, keg or other shaped receptacle.

In the form shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, 4, 4UL and 5, the body portion of the receptacle is formed of two semicylindrical members 5 y5', adapted to havetheir concaved faces opposing each other Whep in assembled position, the abutting longitudinal edges of the members being each providedwith inturned flanges 2 -2 apertured to receive the bolts 9 9 whereby the members are removably connected to each other, and i'n the i event that a' perfectly water-tight receptacle is desired,

a suitable packing, as 8 (see Fig. 5) may be placed between the inturned flanges, the bolts 9 Q'passing through the flanges and the interposed packing.

For closing the opposite ends oi the Cylindrical body 1 portion, thus formed, 1 may use the heads orcovers 4 4 shown in Figs.. 1 and 4, the heads each beingpreier-l ably provided with the fiange l() adapted to surround and/embrace the upper and lower edges ofthe cylindrical body to assist in bracing the latter. The heads are preferably provided with the reinforcing stripsl '1 riveted or otherwise secured to the heads.

As one means for securing the heads in position on the body, I may provide the lug bolts 11 1l secured to the inner perimeter of the body and being slightly offset inwardly as shown,.the outer ends of said lug bolts passing throughapertures formed in the reinforcihg strips and in the heads, nuts 3 3 being applied to the extreme ends of the lug bolts and screwed down on the cover to hold the latter tightly in position," and if desired packing such as shown at 6in Fig-7 may be interposedietween the edges of the body and the heads to form a water-tight joint. Such a receptacle can be easily vand eheaplyiconstructed Oi rolled-or stamped metal'which may orl may' n'ot beresilient, as desired, the sections or members 5; 5 nesting togetherl when the article is shipped, whereby considerable expense is avoided. After the receptacle has been lled with the desired commodity, which may be liquidifthe packing is employed, the upper head is ixe'd in position and the receptacle 'shipped to the dealer, who has only by removing the nuts 3 3 and the bolts 9 9 and returned to the owner.

) as shownin Figs. Z and 8 might be substituted in place,-

It is obvious that the body, instead of being made in twosection's, may be a single flexible and preferably resilientpiece of metal bent into a cylinder and fas' a light receptacle adapted to contain solids, the body of which is composed o a single sheet 5 of resilient metal bent into a cylinder, one of the meeting edges of which is provided With a corset slot l2 to receive the pin 13 carried by the opposite edge This form is easily knoclied down and can be quicklv set up when needed. i

In Figs. `7 and 8 l have illustrated a different form of cover or head and fastening means, -the former corn-v prising a depressed disk'i having a flange l0 embracing the edge of the body as in Fig. 2, packing 6 being inserted between the edge of the body and the cover to forni a tight joint. Within the bodyis secured an angular bracket 14 upon which the/cover may be supi ported and to which it is secured by means of the capscrews 7 7 extending through the cover and engaging thefapertures in the brackets, the heads of the bolts lying below the plane ofthe edge o thecovers or heads,

It isobvious that the means for fastening the covers of the fastening means shownV in Figs. 4 and' 4a and that either might be used with a cylindrical body formed as indicated in Figs. 6 and 6.

The material of which .the-receptacle i's to be constructed would preferably be sheet steel or iron oi 'va'- rions thicknesses, and plain or galvanized. The lic-.xd may be pressed or stamped and any of the usual means for strengthening the shell or heads may be use'd, such as hoops or corrugations. i i

It is evident that many changes might be made in -the forms and arrangements oi' the several parts described Without departing .from `the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not Wish to limit myself to the exact constrution herein set forth.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new iszi 1. A knockdown metallic receptacle comprising a body portion composed of a single sheet'of resilient material, one longitudinal edge of `which is `provided with slots, 45 studs on the opposite edge adapted to project through the slots when the meeting edges are brought together, depressed heads recevabie in the opposite ends of the body portion, the heads adapted toprevent'the meeting edges from springing together, angular brackets. fastened to the 50 inner periphery of the body portion near the opposite ends and fastening means passing through the heads and engag-- ing the brackets. l l 2. A knockdown metallic receptacle comprising a body portion composed of a' single sheet-of resilient material, .55 one longitudinal edge of which is provided with'slots, f studs on the opposite edge adapted to project through the yslotsfwhen the meeting edges arej brought together, and

depressedheads receivable in theopposite endsbf the body portion, the heads adapted to edges from springing together. l In testimony whereof I ax my signature, in presence ofkktwol Witnesses.

CEAS. G. WATSON.' Witnesses: l.

H. 'G. MANN, ,SUSIE WATERS.

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